QUETTA - Three people were killed and another wounded on Monday in separate incidents of firing and landmine blast in various towns of Balochistan.
In the first incident, unidentified armed men shot a person dead in Pasni and fled. The police said the assailants came on a motorbike and committed the crime. However, the motive behind the murder could not be ascertained immediately.
In the second incident, armed men opened indiscriminate fire in Sibi, killing one Ali Jan.
The assailants fled after committing the crime. The police shifted the body of the deceased to hospital and handed it over to the heirs after autopsy.
In the first incident, one Sardar Khan was riding a motorbike in tehsil Tambu of Naseerabad district when armed bandits intercepted him at Bari-Shak Cross at gunpoint and tried to snatch his bike from him. On offering resistance, the bandits shot him dead and decamped with the bike.
Meanwhile, one man was wounded in Pirkoh area of Dera Bugti after he stepped on a landmine laid by unidentified people. He was shifted to hospital for medical aid by the local administration.